Paul Tsongas Quotes
No one is immune from the larger events of his or her time - the Depression, World War II, civil rights, Vietnam, the spring of 1989 in China. These events intrude upon our lives and radically affect our directions.
Quotes to Explore
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If you are hopeful, if you are optimistic, other people want to help you. And if you are down in the dumps, other people may still help you, but I've noticed that they're walking, not running, over to you.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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Devo and The Cramps didn't get big until they went to New York City. Chrissie Hynde didn't get big until she moved to London. When I was growing up, there wasn't even a place to play - just one little bar. If we wanted to have a gig, then we had to drive 45 minutes up to Cleveland.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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I still have a young attitude.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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As a child, I wanted to go into advertising. I had a love affair with the advertising industry.
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I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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The Teenage Cancer Trust does incredible work supporting and caring for teenagers and young adults with cancer, and it's a cause that is really close to me and my family.
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I have worked very hard to shed away my chocolate boy image in order to get a tough look for this action entertainer. I am confident of my success and would love to dedicate the same to Director Balachandar sir.
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I will not remain silent, resigned to watch as my fellow prisoners collapse under the strain of slavery-like conditions.
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Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters.
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I lay in bed at night crying to myself. The only one who loved me and watched over me was someone I couldn't see or hear or touch.
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The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.
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No one is immune from the larger events of his or her time - the Depression, World War II, civil rights, Vietnam, the spring of 1989 in China. These events intrude upon our lives and radically affect our directions.
